The Year of Our Lord 1470

Bishop Events

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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
unknown		Ordained Bishop	Alvaro †	Bishop of Ceuta, Spain
		Born	Amedeo Berruti †	Moncalieri	Bishop of Aosta, Italy
		Born	Guillaume Briçonnet †	Paris	Bishop of Meaux, France
		Born	Francesco Conti †	Roma	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Conza, Italy
		Born	Juan de Borja Lanzol de Romaní †	Valencia	Cardinal, Administrator of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Alfonso de Aragón †	Cervera	Archbishop of Valencia, Spain
		Born	Paride de Grassis †	Bologna	Bishop of Pesaro, Italy
	27.0	Professed	Diego de Deza, O.P. †	Member of Order of Friars Preachers	Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
		Born	Bartolomeo Guidiccioni †	Lucca	Cardinal, Bishop of Lucca, Italy
		Selected	Berthold von Landsberg †	Bishop of Verden, Germany	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
		Born	Francisco Lloris y de Borja †	Valencia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Trani, Italy
		Born	Fabian Luzjański †	Królewiec, Poland	Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), Poland
		Born	Bernardo de Mesa, O.P. †	Córdoba	Bishop of Badajoz, Spain
		Born	Maternus Pistor †	Ingweiler	Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz, Germany
		Born	Johann von Schleinitz †	Ragewitz	Bishop of Meissen (Meißen), Germany
		Born	Georg Schenk von Limpurg †	Obersontheim	Bishop of Bamberg, Germany
8 Jan		Died	Domizio Falangola †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy
15 Jan		Appointed	Scipione Cicinelli †	Archbishop of Sorrento, Italy	Bishop of Tricarico, Italy
29 Jan		Appointed	Rodrigo de Ávila †	Bishop of Plasencia, Spain
29 Jan		Appointed	Antonio de Espés †	Bishop of Huesca, Spain
13 Feb	26.1	Appointed	Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Quiñones †	Bishop of Palencia, Spain	Cardinal, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain
24 Feb		Ordained Bishop	Johannes Yumminck, O.S.A. †	Titular Bishop of Tiflis	Auxiliary Bishop of Paderborn, Germany
12 Mar		Died	Aimerico Segaudi, C.R.S.A. †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
18 Mar	50.2	Appointed	Marco Barbo †	Cardinal, Patriarch of Aquileia, Italy
17 Apr		Appointed	Antonio Fieschi †	Bishop of Mondovi, Italy
20 Apr		Died	Timoteo Maffei, C.R.S.A. †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
21 Apr		Appointed	Caspar †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
23 Apr		Appointed	Sixtus von Tannberg †	Bishop of Gurk, Austria	Bishop of Freising, Germany
18 May		Confirmed	Berthold von Landsberg †	Bishop of Verden, Germany	Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany
20 May		Born	Pietro Bembo, O.S.Io.Hieros. †	Venice	Cardinal, Administrator of Bergamo, Italy
12 Jul		Appointed	Pietro Carlo †	Bishop of Caorle, Italy
13 Jul		Born	Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de’ Medici †	Perugia	Cardinal, Archbishop of Taranto, Italy
2 Aug		Born	Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena †	Bibbiena	Cardinal, Administrator of Coutances, France
5 Sep	40.5	Appointed	Oliviero Carafa †	Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio	Cardinal, Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (-Velletri)
12 Sep		Appointed	Giovanni Venier †	Archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Croatia
29 Sep		Died	Thomas Weldner, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}, Germany
30 Sep		Died	Giovanni Chinugi †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
26 Oct		Appointed	Tommaso della Testa Piccolomini †	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
26 Oct		Appointed	Tommaso della Testa Piccolomini †	Bishop of Montalcino, Italy	Bishop of Pienza, Italy
10 Dec		Appointed	Weribold von Heys, O.F.M. †	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany
10 Dec		Appointed	Weribold von Heys, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Larissa in Syria	Auxiliary Bishop of Münster, Germany